{"id":50161,"date":"2021-01-06T20:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/ielts-energy-977-the-skinny-on-slang-for-speaking-part-1\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T16:00:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:00:15","slug":"ielts-energy-977-the-skinny-on-slang-for-speaking-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-energy-977-the-skinny-on-slang-for-speaking-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS Energy 977: The Skinny on Slang for Speaking Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can you tell the difference between a real slang word and a fake one?<\/p>\n<p>Today we play a slang game!<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll learn 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/aee-1165-get-pumped-about-these-english-slang-phrases\/\">native slang phrases<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These can force a 7 or higher on the IELTS exam.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll share how these can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts\/ielts-video-does-your-accent-affect-your-ielts-speaking-score\/\">help your score<\/a> and tell you where to use them on the exam.<\/p>\n<p>For all the strategies you need to get a 7 or higher, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/keys\">sign up for 3 Keys IELTS<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 46px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Why do you need slang on IELTS?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For a 7 or higher on IELTS Speaking, you must show a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts\/ielts-speaking-vocabulary-range\/\">range of vocabulary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The key is to not sound like a student.<\/p>\n<p>You want to sound like a native!<\/p>\n<p>You have to use informal language on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts\/ielts-energy-782-rushing-through-ielts-speaking-part-1-answers\/\">Speaking Part 1<\/a> to qualify for a 7 or higher.<\/p>\n<p>In order to accomplish this, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts\/ielts-energy-835-4-slang-ielts-part-1-speaking-score\/\">you need to use some native slang<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 46px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>How does this game work?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We will share 2 slang words.<\/p>\n<p>For each, we will share the definition and how it is used.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll then give an example sentence.<\/p>\n<p>The catch is that only one of these is real slang used by natives!<\/p>\n<p>You will have a chance to guess which one is real slang.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll then tell you which is right so you can see if you were correct!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 46px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>#1: Flex \/ Flirt<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Do we use flex as a verb to describe someone bragging?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Flex<\/strong>: to show off or brag<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I don\u2019t mean to flex, but I got a really high score on my IELTS exam.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do we use flirt as an adjective to describe someone who is brave?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Flirt<\/strong>: brave<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I\u2019m gonna ask for a promotion today because I\u2019m feeling way flirt!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 46px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Which is real?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s flex!<\/p>\n<p>The actual definition is to contract one\u2019s muscle, usually in order to demonstrate strength.<\/p>\n<p>As slang, we use it as a verb and as a noun.<\/p>\n<p>As described above, we use flex as a verb to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/aee-638-bragging-boasting-election-day-woes\/\">show off or brag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We also use it as a noun to refer to this act of bragging.<\/p>\n<ul id=\"block-619f9105-4bb4-487d-997b-8fb91d43d8d0\">\n<li><strong>Flex<\/strong> (noun): something said or done to brag<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>That was a huge flex there when you showed me your amazing IELTS scores!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 46px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Where can you flex on the IELTS exam?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You should definitely flex on IELTS!<\/p>\n<p>You can brag if you\u2019re asked about your house, your job, your friends or an item you own.<\/p>\n<p>For anything related, throw this great slang word in!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I don\u2019t mean to flex, but I\u2019m so good at my job!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I recently purchased a Lambo. Sorry for the flex!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 46px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Strategies Created By a Former Examiner<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-Keys-IELTS-Score-Increase-Guarantee-logo-image-compressed.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-Keys-IELTS-Score-Increase-Guarantee-logo-image-compressed.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-Keys-IELTS-Score-Increase-Guarantee-logo-image-compressed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-Keys-IELTS-Score-Increase-Guarantee-logo-image-compressed-768x576.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"280\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong><em>100% Score Increase Guarantee with our Insider Method<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you ready to move past IELTS and move forward with your life vision?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out why our strategies are the most powerful in the IELTS world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When you use our Insider Method you avoid the BIGGEST MISTAKES that most students make on IELTS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/keys\"><strong>Click here to get a score increase on IELTS. It\u2019s 100% guaranteed!<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 46px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>#2: Fluked \/ Shook<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Do we use fluked to mean copied or plagiarized?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>fluked<\/strong>: copied or plagiarized<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I think this essay is fluked. You did not write this!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do we use shook to mean upset or shocked?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>shook<\/strong>: upset or shocked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Someone hacked my email- I\u2019m shook! I need to change all of my passwords now!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 47px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Which is real?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s shook!<\/p>\n<p>In the past decades, we used the phrasal verb shaken up as slang with \u201cshook up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m feeling really shook up.<\/p>\n<p>It has now evolved to where we just say \u201cshook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Any time you want to talk about being a bit panicked or shaky, use this.<\/p>\n<p>I just got in a car wreck, and I\u2019m shook!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 46px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Where to use shook on IELTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You can use this on so many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts\/ielts-video-band-9-speaking-sample-part-1-questions-about-voice\/\">Speaking Part 1 answers<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What kind of movies you like or don\u2019t like.<\/li>\n<li>Music you like or don\u2019t like<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I don\u2019t really like scary stories because they leave me shook and I can\u2019t sleep.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It can also be used for so many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts\/ielts-video-change-your-life-with-this-ielts-speaking-part-2-answer\/\">Part 2 questions<\/a> describing an experience.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe a day when something went wrong<\/li>\n<li>Describe something you would like to go back and change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I was totally shook when I missed the bus and was late to work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 46px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>#3: Low down \/ Kale<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Do we use low down to mean the inside scoop or generally unknown information?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Low down<\/strong>: inside information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>What happened at work today? Give me the low down.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do we use kale as slang to refer to clothing?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kale<\/strong>: clothing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Check out this new kale I bought today. These pants fit like a glove!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>fit like a glove<\/strong>: idiom for fitting very well<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 46px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Which is real?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Low down is the real slang!<\/p>\n<p>We often use \u201cdown low\u201d interchangeably with \u201clow down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts\/ielts-energy-621-ielts-part-1-questions-making-by-hand\/\">Part 1 question<\/a> might ask you about your favorite restaurant.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I\u2019m going to give you the low down about this new restaurant near my house.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Use it anytime you\u2019re describing something you know more about than the Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re sharing insider info with them and giving them the low down.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 46px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>The skinny<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A parallel slang for \u201clow down\u201d is \u201cthe skinny.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>the skinny<\/strong>: insider information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Give me the skinny on the new restaurants in town!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts\/ielts-video-recent-ielts-speaking-part-1-questions-home-and-holidays\/\">Speaking Part 1 question<\/a> might ask what you would like to change about your job.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Here\u2019s the skinny. My boss is very moody and needs to meditate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 46px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>#4: Salty \/ crunchy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Do we use salty as slang to mean irritated or crunchy to mean complicated?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Salty<\/strong>: annoyed or irritated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>He got really salty when I took the last shopping cart.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>crunchy<\/strong>: complicated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our friendship is a bit crunchy. We\u2019re kind of frenemies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>frenemies<\/strong>: friends that are often more like enemies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 45px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Which is real?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Salty is real slang!<\/p>\n<p>This is a great parallel for annoyed or irritated.<\/p>\n<p>Use this anytime you are describing someone.<\/p>\n<p>A Speaking Part 1 question might be, \u201cWhat is a habit you would like to change?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Speaking Part 2, you could be asked to describe a person you admire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 46px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Where can you learn more slang?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Michelle and Aubrey are teaching<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/slang\"> a webclass all about slang<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>It will be January 20 and January 23.<\/p>\n<p>We will teach slang phrases and show you how to use them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts\/ielts-energy-276-sound-like-native-tell-story-speaking-part-2\/\">to sound like a native<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll also share when you should and shouldn\u2019t use slang.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll also hear native roleplays to hear slang in context!<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t being recorded so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/slang\">you must sign up and attend live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Space is limited so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/slang\">reserve your spot today<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Video with Part 1 sample answers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss Jessica and Aubrey&#8217;s YouTube series with sample Part 1 answers.<\/p>\n<p>IELTS Part 1 Questions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you like waking up early?<\/li>\n<li>What is your routine when you wake up?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Band 9 Pronunciation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Non-natives tend to have too much upward intonation, or no intonation at all.<\/p>\n<p>For a Band 7 or higher for Pronunciation on IELTS Speaking, you don\u2019t have to have a perfect accent.<\/p>\n<p>You just need to show pronunciation features of a native.<\/p>\n<p>One big part of that score is intonation.<\/p>\n<p>Our intonation goes down at the end of most sentences.<\/p>\n<p>However, our intonation goes up when are starting a sentence with an interesting phrase or emphasizing a positive emotion.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Aubrey\u2019s answers and mimic how she talks.<\/p>\n<p>Try to copy her intonation exactly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"IELTS Speaking Test Series:  Episode  3 (Part 1 GETTING UP)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/raz78TIprcI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 46px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Takeaway<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts\/ielts-video-do-wanna-and-gonna-help-your-ielts-speaking-score\/\">Your IELTS Speaking score depends on you sounding like a native.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t want to sound like a student!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts\/ielts-energy-969-slang-wise-these-suffixes-are-perfect-for-ielts-speaking\/\">Using slang<\/a> is one of the best ways to accomplish this!<\/p>\n<p>It also helps get you the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts\/ielts-speaking-vocabulary-range\/\">range of Vocabulary<\/a> you need for a 7 or higher.<\/p>\n<p>Practice using today\u2019s slang phrases.<\/p>\n<p>Then, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/slang\">attend our upcoming webclass<\/a> to learn more slang!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll see you there!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 46px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>What questions do you have from today\u2019s episode?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please leave a comment below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 46px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you tell the difference between a real slang word and a fake one? Today we play a slang game! You\u2019ll learn 4 native slang phrases. These can force a 7 or higher on the IELTS exam. 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